Betyg i gymnasiesärskolan
En studie kring elevers erfarenheter av att få betyg
GradesUpper Secondary Education for Pupils with Learning DisabilitiesPupils ExperiencesPolicy EnactmentSpecial Education.BetygGymnasiesärskolaElevers erfarenheterPolicy enactmentSpecialpedagogik.
The purpose of this study is to examine pupils´ experiences from getting grades in upper secondary education for pupils with learning disabilities and which impact this has on these pupils how they form and get formed as schoolchildren. Four pupils in upper secondary education for pupils with learning disabilities in a Swedish community have participated in qualitative semi-structured interviews. All analysis that has been made has focused on these pupils´ stories about getting grades. I have asked openly formulated questions so that the pupils themselves have had the possibility to highlight those experiences that they want to share.Three categories that I have used, with starting point from the questions in this study, to analyze the answers in the interview material is how the pupils talk about the bases for grading, the pupils´ self-awareness when they talk about their own grades and the pupils´ view when they talk about the importance of grades. The theoretical base of the study is policy enactment.One conclusion of this study is that both teachers and pupils in upper secondary education for pupils with learning disabilities often is based on other factors than what different policy documents says about what should be the ground for teachers grading. One other result with the study is that the pupils in this type of school have a relatively positive view on grades. The result of the study also shows that the pupils that have been interviewed experience grades as something that is important for them even though they don´t seem to be especially aware of their own grades.